Porto di Napoli

The Porto di Napoli, called the Port of Naples in English, is one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea, located in the city of Naples in southern Italy. It provides services to 64,000 ships each year, with 4,800 employees working there today.

History
Located directly to the east of Castel Nuovo, the Porto di Napoli has always been a center of commerce for the city. The porto's history reaches as far back as the Greeks, who first settled Napoli in the 9th century BCE. As the city grew, the harbor's role in European trade followed suit. In 1503, the port was the site of the destruction of the naval cannon of Leonardo da Vinci, who was forced to build the war machine for the Papal States during the Italian Wars. Several Papal Navy warships were destroyed in the harbor before the cannon itself was destroyed by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the leader of the Roman Resistance against the House of Borgia.